This image shows the intersection of Grant and California, looking down Grant, towards the iconic Cathay House.

The caption states:
CHINATOWN AT NIGHT
San Francisco’s Chinatown is the largest outside of the Orient. Oriental customs rub elbows with the thoroughly American and quaint Chinese patter is heard everywhere you go. Shops and bazaars bring all the glamor of the Orient with their gorgeous silks, lacquers, teak, porcelain and rare and exotic foods and perfumes.

–The cars shown in the image date this photograph to the 1950s.